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Lewis Howes"THIS IS Why Most People Are LAZY & UNMOTIVATED IN LIFE!" | Jordan Peterson & Lewis Howes
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At a glance
WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Jordan Peterson on Illness, Marriage, Shame, Motivation, Ethics and Greatness
- Peterson says his health collapse showed him he should have cultivated less demanding leisure pursuits alongside his high-intensity work, and he warns against casual contempt for activities and professions we don't understand.
- He describes how he and his wife sustain a long marriage through honesty, early confrontation of problems, a three-strikes rule for recurring grievances, regular dates and explicit negotiation of needs.
- On trauma and shame, he argues that memories stay painful until they are effortfully decomposed into a more sophisticated map of the world, and he suggests writing out any old memory that still carries emotion.
- For motivation and confidence, he recommends small incremental goals set at the edge of one's ability, treating negative emotions like shame and resentment as signals, and deserving a good reputation rather than merely seeking one.
- He also covers his daily regimen of walking, exercise and a fixed schedule, his views on money, sales and merchandise, and his three truths of faith, fear of one's own deceit and gratitude.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasCasual contempt blocks learning
Peterson says dismissing activities or professions, such as baseball or sales, keeps people from finding things that could benefit them, and he notes that despising the necessary parts of success undermines it.
Being someone others want to play with is the best life strategy
Using a repeated-game example, he argues that generosity, reliability and productivity make people choose you, and that acting in your own long-term interest is not different from acting well toward others.
Conflict delayed is conflict multiplied
Peterson says avoided problems accumulate reasons and weaken the people avoiding them, so couples should address specific issues openly, state their conditions of satisfaction and avoid reopening the whole past.
Discipline means not being defeated by your own impulses
Describing his son sitting on the steps as a child, Peterson explains that proper discipline helps a child master impulses and become competent rather than simply punished.
Old painful memories need effortful processing
He says memory exists to build a functional map for the future, so a memory that still carries emotion needs to be broken down and understood until you are no longer vulnerable to it.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesConflict delayed is conflict multiplied.
— Dr. Jordan Peterson
You can be a slave or a tyrant, or you can negotiate. Those are your options. And we default to slavery and tyranny because that doesn't require any cognitive effort.
— Dr. Jordan Peterson
You should be more focused on deserving a good reputation.
— Dr. Jordan Peterson
Casual contempt stops people from investigating things that might be good for them.
— Dr. Jordan Peterson
The capacity to utter and abide by beautiful truths.
— Dr. Jordan Peterson
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